Anxiety Therapists in 90066

As the Clinical Director of a group practice, EMDR trained, and sex therapist, I want my patients to feel safe; trust opens the door to healing. We have offices in Agoura Hills, San Diego, and West LA; successfully treat: infidelity, sexual abuse, pelvic pain, sexual compulsions, and erectile struggles. Stress and unfinished emotional work can make us feel stuck or lead to destructive relationship patterns, and sexual acting out. My office is a shame free zone where we can unpack together a course best suited for your individual healing. Sex is a complex as each of us are as individuals. Shame can be in your past; a new life awaits!

I believe in the healing power of connection and community. The decision to engage in mental health services is a radical act of self-care and hope for a better future. When we work towards understanding and healing ourselves, we also lay the foundation for understanding and healing our relationships and communities. My primary goal as a therapist is to meet you where you are and utilize my skill set to collaboratively work towards achieving your goals. Think of me as your emotional and psychological guide helping you discover, map, and interpret your inner landscape to better understand your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors.

I provide a safe environment in which to explore and develop insight into patterns in your life. I am a Certified Jungian Analyst, working from a Jungian-oriented perspective, helping to develop a relationship between the conscious and unconscious. People often seek a therapist due to a crisis, or possibly because they've developed an awareness that something is not working in their lives anymore. We will work together to develop a deeper understanding of yourself, so that you can change old patterns and live your life with integrity, authenticity and meaning. Thus, our work becomes a practice that tends to soul.

I strive to bring light into the places and spaces where I used to try and find it. My personal experiences with addiction and my more recent transformation into motherhood have been the biggest driving forces behind my passion for helping others to find freedom, compassion, and wholeness.

Many of my clients are newly identifying their neurodivergence (either through formal or self-diagnosis) and recognizing all the ways they have been swimming upstream their whole lives. My clients may also be discovering that their gender or sexuality is more complicated than they thought, perhaps that they aren't "just queer" but also nonbinary, asexual, or polyamorous. My clients seek therapy because they struggling with their current phase of life, such as settling into life after medical transition, navigating autistic burnout & chronic illnesses, or finding trauma they thought they were past resurfacing in disruptive ways.

We all go through times that are stressful and overwhelming. Certain behaviors and aspects of our personalities can cause us trouble as well. Whether it be work problems, relationship issues, illness or just a vague feeling of unhappiness or irritability, seeing a therapist can help. As a clinical social worker, I have been trained to assess the complex picture of your life and determine where changes can be made. As partners in the process of therapy we can address emotional, mental, physical and practical areas of your life that can be modified or healed to bring about relief and fulfillment.

Are you overwhelmed? Need some relief? In online sessions, we'll explore what's working and what's not, so that we can come up with a plan together. I offer creative and practical tools to help you get a handle on the situation, find solutions and learn to respond to difficulties in new and effective ways. In a supportive, understanding and compassionate environment, you will learn new ways to express yourself, gain perspective, solve problems, and create change. Ready to feel different? Call for a free consultation.

I have had over 25 years experience working with children, adults and their families on both the East and West Coasts. I was born and raised in New York City, and have had professional experience in New York, New Jersey, Los Angeles and Seattle. My special expertise includes child development, populations with special needs (learning disabilities, attention deficit disorders, developmental disabilities, and autism), and services for families who are engaged in high conflict divorce. I am here to help you, and if your family needs help, work with the issues life brings us.

I am a California licensed psychologist whose clinical experience spans twenty-seven years. I specializes in the treatment of trauma-related disorders, victims of intimate partner violence, addiction treatment and recovery, couples therapy; parent-child conflict, and substance and alcohol abuse. From a theoretical perspective, I work from an integrative theoretical orientation grounded in psychodynamic theory, attachment theory, and in the cognitive and behavioral therapies; but above all, my work is pragmatic, and down-to-earth. All Mental Fitness Clinic clinicians regularly collaborate with the medical director, Neevon Esmaili, MD.

You are there for everyone. Whenever. Wherever. You spend so much time being there for others that there’s no room for yourself. And let’s be honest, you’d rather not think about that. Giving the outside world what it needs is easy. Giving that to yourself is hard. It’s painful. You feel so awkward and uncertain of who you are in the world. You’re drowning in the muck inside you with no way of knowing how to get out.

Imagine the following: you have been using the same paint palette for a while. You never clean the palette, so all the paint from the past years have dried on top of each other. One day, you feel uneasy with the top color so you decide to rip it off. It isn't until you turn it over that you see all the colors and realize they cannot be separated from each other. I focus on the clients as a whole and I believe that whatever brings you to therapy is deeply rooted in your cumulative life experiences, not in isolation.

I have been practicing as a psychotherapist for 30 years. My main area of focus is working with families and children. Initially in my career, I worked with children in residential treatment settings, who were struggling with a variety of emotional and behavioral issues. During the past 20 years I have worked primarily in the field of high conflict divorce. I deal with all aspects of divorce, including mediating custody agreements, comprehensive child custody evaluations, resolving co-parenting conflicts and helping children cope with the stress of parental conflict. I also work with families dealing with blended family issues.

Hi, I'm currently accepting new clients. Glad you're here & please know you are not alone. Therapy is great place for any person, no matter how small or big of an issue you are going through. I see therapy like going to the gym but for your mind & soul. I specialize in working with trauma & addictions along with relationships, substance use, identity, eating disorders, mood disorders, BPD, ADHD, & ASD. As a queer therapist, I work closely with my LGBQ+ community and trans & gender diverse people. My goal is to be here for you in the way you need, support you, and help you reach your goals .

My compassionate and active approach to therapy is one that can rapidly improve a willing client's life. Clients have the opportunity to experience healing and transformation as they integrate a sustainable sense of well-being. I teach techniques that provide for ongoing self-care and self-sufficiency. I offer my clients concrete tools and therapeutic experiences for shifting their patterns and healing their pain; they become empowered and live more authentic and satisfying lives. Couples build attunement, improve communication and overcome individual and relational patterns that prevent intimacy.

I am a clinical psychologist who works with children and adolescents in individual and group psychotherapy, and I conduct neuropsychological and educational evaluations. I am interested in working with individuals on developing healthy relationships with self, family, peers, and school. I consider each person a component of a family system and each family system as a part of school and community systems. Therefore, I value the insights of parents and teachers and understand healthy communication feeds emotional well-being, relationship success, and academic achievement. I believe that strong people are built on the shoulders of the people who surround them.

Welcome to my practice! Here, you'll find a safe space where you can be completely honest with me, free from judgment. My goal is to provide the compassion and guidance you need to heal. I specialize in treating a range of issues including sex addiction, codependency, betrayal trauma, love addiction, substance abuse, partners of addicts, and complex couples. Together, we will address the underlying emotional triggers—such as trauma, unresolved grief, and abandonment wounds—that contribute to these challenges. We'll work collaboratively to reshape your internal landscape, so you can achieve your goals and live a more purposeful life.

Life comes with daily challenges, hurdles and changes that can sometimes be tough to get through. There may be times that you begin to lose control. This is where I step in; to help you figure out and get through this thing called life. The care that I take with each client is to ensure that you feel that you are in a safe and nurturing environment always. My genuine empathy for every individual has afforded me the privilege of guiding my clients through difficult times in their lives and seeing them through the not so bright days.

Hello, I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who provides therapy in a culturally sensitive way. I have over 13 years of experience working with individuals dealing with self-esteem, trauma, family, marital, and relationship issues. I have also done extensive work with individuals in the areas of communication and boundaries.

Laressa Desmond,PhD, LMFT, Nothing hurts like constantly stumbling over the same old communication problems with your partner, when all you really want to do is be close. It’s hard to concentrate or have a lightness to the day when relationship struggles drag you down. We fall in love with people who are different enough from us to create a spark. It’s that “completion feeling” of interest & fascination. We feel sad & confused when the spark burns instead of warming us. It’s a baffling betrayal to our emotional logic that we can deeply love someone that we frequently fight with & sometimes emotionally dread.